System for the electromagnetic spotting of movable targets



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July 7, 1953 H. G. DE FRANCE SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC sPoTTING oF MovABLE TARGETs Filed Nov. 26, 1948 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 fn/Ewan /r/v/ Gfonsfs pffmvcf l (Y l Armera-'rs H.` G. Dls-FRANCE 2,644,940 SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC sPoTTING oF MovABLE TARGETs .lilly 7,- 1953 Filed Nov. 26, 1948 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 /NvENTnR Heugel Geenen: de Fnnuce BY ATTORNEYS July,7.l1953 H G. DE FRANCE 2,644,940

SYSTEM oR THE ELEcTRoMAGNETIc sPoTTINc oF MovABLE TARGETS A Filed Nov. 26. 1948` 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 IN VE N TU R HENRn GEORGES de France Patented .uy 7, 1953 SYSTEM FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPOTTING 0F MOVABLE TARGETS Henri Georges de France, Paris, France, assignor to Society La Radio-Industrie, S. A., Paris, France, a society of France Application November 26, 1948, Serial No. 61,996

In France November 26, 1947 s claims. f (c1. 34a- 7.3)

, f 1 t Y The present invention relates to systems for the electromagnetic spotting and automatic tracking of a movable target, in particular through the transmission of .pulses andreception of echo pulses (radars), especially vwhen it is desired,for instance on board an aircraft or lother machine oi this kind, to locate another aircraft or movable body, in order to open re .thereon or for anyother purpose, it being understood that indication of l.this application is ynot in any way limitative and that my inventioncouid also be used on ground or onsea. 1

Its object is to provide asystem ofY this kind which is better adapted to meet the requirements of practice than those existing at this time, in particular from the point of View of automaticity and accuracy. v

Preferred embodiments of my invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, given merely by way oi example, and in which:

Fig. 1 is aV diagram, partly in perspective, of a system for spotting a target and automatically tracking it, especially on board an aircraft, according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a diagram of a portion of this system; Y i

. Fig. 3 shows severalvwaveforms relating to the elimination, in the receiver, of the echo pulses from` projectiles;

Fig. 4 is adiagram of a this elimination; v

Fig. 5 Vshows various waveforms illustrating the workingof this device; l

Fig. 6 isa diagram showing a device for measuring the range of the target according to myinvention;` y Y -:V g

. Fig. 7 shows various waveforms illustrating the working ofvsaid device; v f 1 Fig. 8 is a diagram of an automatic firing control device according to my invention. I

The invention willbe supposed to beapplie toa device provided on board an airplane for 'spotting and automatically trackinga target which is also movable (forinstance in particular another airplane, a rocket, etc.) more especially with a View to controlling the laying and ring of a gun carried by said airplane.v

It should be reminded that there exist, espepially on the ground, `radar systems, that Yis to say electromagnetic location systems working by transmission of pulses, which permit of following a movable targetV witha high accuracy as to azimuth, elevation and range, this following action generally taking ,placeV after a look-out period during `which the .radiating beam transmitted from the system scans-the whole space, in order rst to find 'the 'direction' of the target.

The operations performed by such system are in particular, up to the present time, carried out in the following manner.

devicel for achieving The radar system includes for instance, accordinglto known arrangements, an aerial giving a radiating lobe of a given aperture, for instance averaging 3 degrees. For spotting operation this beam is swept through the whole space with a helical motion, which can be decomposed into an azimuth rotation movement at the rate of some revolutions per minute and an elevation movementgthe angular velocity of which substantially averages the aperture of the radiating lobe per azimuth revolution period. This elevation movement is in fact sometimes limited, for instance to 10 degrees above the horizon and 30 degrees below it. Representation oi' the targets is effected on a panoramic oscilloscope on vwhich the echo pulses corresponding to the target are visible and permit of reading the range, with a precision which, as a matter of fact, is limited by the dimensions of said oscilloscope.

In these known systems, as soon as the target has been spotted, the aerial is set in the direction thereof and automatic tracking begins. This tracking is obtained, in particular, by causing the axis of the radiating lobe to revolve at high speed about a mean geometrical axis with which it makes a small angle, for instance one degree. Comparison of the receptions obtained for different positions of the radiating lobe,.in` particular on the right andon the. left, on theone hand, and above and below, on the other hand, permits of automatically controlling the motors provided for laying the aerial in direction. It should be noted that, anyway, manual control is t0 be performed to switch from spotting operation to automatic tracking operation. Y

`Now, according to my invention, I provide a system, more especially for use on boardv of an airplane,` which works in two successive steps, -With an automatic switching from one to the other, to wit:

A rst step during which the target is stopped and automatically tracked by means of a iirst 'tracking unit including a space scanning directional antenna array and means responsive to electro-magnetic signals received by said antenna array from said target for automatically layingy said antenna array on said target and keeping it laid thereon;

And a second step which goes on with the automatic tracking as above started, but with one is directed toward the target;

It is of interest to mount both aerials on the same framed. e.' on the frame of the laying apparatus intended to control firing, which apparatus will be, for instance, carried either by the gun the iiring' of which is to be controlled, or'by the airplane when the gun is fixed with respect thereto (in which case the apparatus `willbe intended to cooperate with the airplane controls). even advantageous, as hereinafter set forth, to have both aerials arranged inlsuch-,mannerasto dene the same geometrical axis.

Concerning iirst the rst aerial array, it may be constituted, for instance:

Either,as shown by Fig. l, by a multplicityzof radiating elements producing radiation rlobes Aof suitable aperture (for instance 45) andhaving their axes slightly inclined with respect to a mean axis XX', forinstance in such manner as'to overlapone another by about said elements being in particular four in number- (two on right andleft for azimuth adjustment, andf-two'above and below for elevation adjustment) and being advantageously -constituted by dielectric antennas I, or alternately by horn or -wave guide-openings,

Or by a single radiating elementdipole,-etc;),

driven by a continuous rotation movementiabout geometrical axis -XX in -such `manner that =the axis of the radiation-lobe describes about this axis XX a cone oi suitableaperturefian arrangement which will beadopted hereinaftenforthe high accuracy aerial) Y iSuch an aerial array is carried )by the 'laying Vapparatus diagrammatically shown at -2,` 3 and essentilly constituted `byltwo movable frame yelements, fone 2 having an azimuth displacement (through pinion 4 and gear wheel 5 which-ensure pivoting about a vertical axis Z-Z) the other with an elevation-displacement (throughpinion-S and-sector 'I ensuringrotation about a horizontal axis Y-Y), and sucha system can then perform both spotting in the cone defined by-antenna elements .I, and automatic tracking. It suflices to'have'recours'e, toensure layingof axis X-X in the direction of the target, "to com-'1 parator means such as above referred nto, said mea-ns controlling, in accordance with the intensityY of reception in -four suitable :radiation lobes v(two -for theazimuth4 and two for 'fthe -elevation), motors suchas Yil, 9 acting on Velements According to the arrangementshownfthe -radiating aerial elements AI -used for instance both for transmission and reception, according to known 'Inethods, yare fed successively, from va transmitter I0, controlled A*by a ytiming-"oscillator I.I Y(which delivers pulses at a Asuitable rate-cor- Y responding to that usedin radar systems) anda modulator I2, a switch I3 being interposed for ensuring `the successive `switching f in ofY l said elements, which switch is driven by -motor M ata suitable-speed. Y

The echo pulses are `received in receiver I4, through said switch I3 andthe-usual transmitter.- receiver switch I5.

The comparator means Vfor automatic-aaliyahthe azimuthlaying of antennaarray I, receives in the two corresponding radiation lobes (ele- -mens I on the right and `on the left), through Switch I3, receiver LI.4 and switch IB, echo pulses of 'different lrespective intensities, said system supplies a current which operates the corresponding motorf. The current drops to zero and the motor stops when reception is equal in both lobes,-wh`ich means that azimuth laying is ensured. .The `@poration is the same for elevation layingrthrough differential system I8 which corresponds with the two upper and lower elements I. VWhen both motors 8and 9 tend to stop, axis XX is laid toward the target and automatic trackingbegins. l

The second :of the xabove specified steps now beginsfso as to ensure-thisfautomatic tracking .no longerbymeans'of.antennaarray I'but of a, high accuracy iaerial, Li. fe. rone Agiving 1radiation :lobes of smaller aperture and havingiits -axis littleinclined withrespect *to axis XX This high accuracy aerial -is `advantageously which is a-multiple or' asub-multiple,otthat-` above considered) which motor canfthereforebe mounted on -the'same .frame :as the two switches, .although this-is not necessary.

Supposingfthat the-same transmitter I0 cooperates with both of the aerial `systems, automatic tracking, --started on array 4-Ican be pursued on the high accuracy aerial 2| through thesame parts, providedasuitableswitching is performed, which switchingLissupposed/to be ensured,-inthis example, by means of a contactorf23 (all-thercircuits being shown -on Vthe drawings as being Aunipolar or unifilar for the sake of simplicity) hav ing two positions 121I1, 24a-corresponding tothe two aerials. For position-241, contact is established successively with thearray formed bythe four elements -I,fnxed with respectl to frame element 3, through switch I3, whereas, in `position 24a-'contact is established in a `continu/ous manner with the high accuracy aerial l2I which roi tates with respectto said'fr-am'e element '3. `Con- Y patent application `iiled ign United States of America under SerpNo. 677,392, onJune 17,1946, by Henri de France ifor: @Improvements to Apparatus .for Determining a Direction," now Patent .Number .2,513,234,3butit should be vunderstood that other means ,might to )used for -the same purpose.

According to this embodiment, more particu. larly visible on Fig. 2, the azimuth control dii'-,4

ferential device the input terminals of which, visible at A, B, are respectively connected to the end contacts |61, |62 of switch I6 (those which ensure successive switching with the two right and left elements), essentially includes a kind of bridge with resistances R, R1, R2, condensers C1, C2 and two rectiers a1, a2 acting in such manner that reception of the echo pulses at A causes a current to flow in a given direction through resistance R and reception of the echo impulses at B causes current to flow therethrough in the opposite direction, whereby a positive or negative voltage will be produced across the terminals CD of resistance YIt according as the axis of antenna array is on one side or the other of the position corresponding tc the azimuth laying on the target. It is this voltage which is used to control the azimuth laying motor 8 and also to control selector 26.

The elevation control differential device I8 is similarly made and its wiring diagram has not been shown on Fig. 2.

Being given this system, I constitute the above mentioned selector 26 by a sensitive. element Such as a multigrid tube 2'| (Fig. 2) subjected to the action of three voltages V1, V2, V3 corresponding respectively:

to the existence of echo pulses,

to the balancing of azimuth differential device to the balancing of elevation differential device said tube being for instance such that it supplies current at its output, at 28, toward the relay 25 which controls contactor 23 (Fig. 1) only when these three voltages exist simultaneously.

For the obtainment of voltage V1, it is noted that at a point such as 29 of differentialdevice the voltage is for instance negative if echo pulses are received. This voltage, applied to a triode such as 30, blocks this tube, so that, at its output at 3|, said voltage V1 appears. On the contrary, in the absence of current in the differenial` device, that is to say if no pulses are received, tube 30 delivers current and the voltage is lower than V1.

For the obtainment of V2 orVa, I make use in each differential device of two tubes such as 32, 33, for instance of the pentode type, adjusted in such manner that they are blocked in the absence of voltage on their control grids. As long as the differential device is not in the balanced state, there is a voltage between C and D, whereby one of the tubes supplies current and, consequently, the output voltage is lowered. On the contrary, as soon as balanced state exists, the tubes are blocked and the output voltage becomes equal to V2 (for device |1) or V3 (for device I8).

As for the selector tube, it will be for instance of the pentagrid type, the control voltages V1, V2, V2 being applied to the suppressor and control grids. The cathode is brought to a potential approximating V1. The potentials of the other electrodes are adjusted in such manner that the tube delivers current when the grids acted upon are at the' same potential as the cathode and is blocked when one of said grids becomes negative with respect to the cathode.

It follows that a current or a voltage is'produced at 28 only when there is simultaneously a balancing of the two differential devices and a current Iiow in one branch of one of them. This current or this voltage operates relay 25 and contactor 23. K

'At this time, automatic tracking takes place automatically and goes on on the high accuracy aerial. Y

Of course, selectionmight take place in any other way. It might act on the transmitters if one transmitter is provided for the low accuracy aerial and another for the high accuracy aerial.

Anyway it is possible to control firing ma veryV accurate manner since the momentaneous direction of the target is obtained with a very small error and automatically. The range marking devices and other correcting devicesI in particular in order to take into account the speed of the target, will be combinedV with theV laying apparatus, as usual. It should be understood that the invention applies particularly well to the detection of target at relatively small ranges, averaging for instance ve kilometers, or to the firing of high velocity rearms, but would extend also to other applications, according to the aperture of the cone of the look-out aerial.

According to another feature of my invention, I provide means for making it possible, when control of the direction has been started by means of the rst echo pulse coming from a given target, thatis to say, in fact, from the nearest target, to eliminate the action of all echo pulses coming from other targets.

These means will consist most generally in a device capable of producing, under the effect of the rst echo pulse, a blocking signal of suitable length which, applied to the receiver, prevents action of the possible subsequent pulses.

I may utilize, in particular, relaxation or other systems, of the kind used for starting the scanning of frames or lines in television, or of the kind hereinafter described for the elimination of the echo pulses from projectiles. n

The device in question is diagrammatically illustrated at 34, in Fig. l. At its input, it receives from receiver I4 the echo pulses, whereas, at its output, it transmits to said receivei` the desired blocking signal. Such a deviceY may be provided either merely in combination with the lookout aerial I, or in combination with both this aerial and the high accuracy aerial 2|.

According to another feature, I provide means, preferably in combination only with the high accuracy aerial for preventing the action on the receiver of the echo pulses coming from the projectiles fired and still located at a short distance from the laying apparatus.

In order to constitute said means, as diagrammatically illustrated at 35 on Fig. 1, the transmitted pulses are caused to produce very short blocking signals, for instance of a duration of two microseconds if it is desired to neutralize the echo pulses from projectiles fired and located at a distance of less than 300 meters. It seems that this is a suitable distance, because the echos from projectiles located at a greater distance become ,too weak to create a disturbance, but of course said distance can be determined for the best possible result in every case.

Besides, if it were desired wholly to eliminate the action of the echo pulses, even when they are Weak, I might further provide means capable, when the projectiles are fired, of ensuring, through a suitable switching at the receiver, or in any other way, the rubbing out of weak echos, so as to allow only the target echo to pass. 1

Y device 34 and on the other The operation :oi such a v.device isillustrated by;l

theV diagrammatic view of Fig. 3, Which..shows-zA At.L36,` a transmitted 'pulse-of 0.3.microsecond` for-instance, i Y a .YM

At 3T, 38, the blocking signal (oi a duration equal totwo vmicroseconds-in this case) andthe release signal (which occurs immediately aft-er theblocking signal .and lasts untilthe rst. echo.

the-'echo pulse 39 `fromthetarget ismuch greater.

than pulses 40 anddl. f .i1 v

'Thefrelease signal 38, `which will be irorinstance transmitted with a delay of twol microseconds after the transmitted pulse 38 can be obtained throughv any. suitable means, forY instance through a delay artificial line device-through phase'shifting 'multivibrator systems, etc. ,Y l

Fig. 4 shows a system which can beused for this purposeand which includes: Y

A rst multivibrator M1, vof a conventional type, acting as a phase shifter, this'multivibrator re- Vceivingl a transmission pulse 36 to give at the outu put a signal lsuch as 65 (Fig. 5) transformed in a device C, R `into another stiff front signal't having the delay in question,

And a secondmultivibrator M2 oi the rocking type, -supplying the release signal' 33, underz'the combined action of sii-anal 66 and Atheii'rst echo Dulse..39 (Fig. 5).

If .devices 34 and 35 are'used simultaneously, signal 38 would be advantageously supplied by a single 'multivibrator of the rocking type influenced-on the one hand by the pulse supplied from hand bytherst echo pulse '39. Y Y l i i According to still another feature of `my invention, means are'provided, in particular .topermit of preparing iring, for automaticallymeasuring the ran-ge of thetarget, which means supply in. dications more accurate than those that canlbe obtained by observing the usual panoramic apparatus. Y I

These means are for instance arranged in such manner `as to supply, through a suitable system, during the time elapsing betweenthe.initialapulse and the first echo pulse, a constant current, the amountof electricity thus delivered beingmeasuredorimade visible in any suitable manner; to indicate the desired distance. f

of a systemof the multivibrator type, which is triggered into action by the initial .pulse and restored to initial state by the incoming. pulse. During this interval, an element of the system delivers. for instance va constant current which, spread over the period of repetition of the pulses,

vwill `give a mean current proportional ,to the range. Or again, duringthis interval, ja condenser is charged proportionally to the V,time elapsed, andthe crestvoltage of this condenser will :measure the range. Any .other analogous meanscan .be-usedior the samepurpose, i

-IniFig. litherelisshowna system making use 'I ofithecharge ofa'condenser. 1 v

'ch 'ai system, V.which isrginserted at 43. (Fig. 1).'between :transmitter and zreoeiver, to receive bothat iM'iFig.' .6)Ithe pulse from the transmitter :and -at 45 (Fig. 6) the echo .pulse from the receiver, includes for instance:

1A '-multivibrator, vin particular including two tubes L46,` v41,` :or another trigger apparatus, adapted `to`fbe triggered by thetransmitted pulse and :toasu-fpply alphase inverter tube 48 WithV a rnegative signal =Whiohis given back by this tube linlfthe.forrnfofa positive signal, at 49,l

vA .tube '50, 'capable of ,charging a .condenser 5|, according to a substantially ilinear law,

-Aidischarge tube or analogous 52', capable of dischargingsaid.condenser,under the eiect of the kecho pulse-applied tothergrid of vthis .tube

-lAnd,..-in1order tok prevent the charging'o'f the. Y

' condenser from starting again immediately, but

Y By .way of indication, I make usefor instance to cause itrsto .begin again only when the next pulseisisent from thetransmitter, another rnul-V tivibrator 53, 54, adaptedto be triggered into action bythee'cho pulse andto apply at its output. at 55 a negative signal to the grid of tube Thetwo conventionalmultivibrators 46, 41 and 53, 54 might be replaced by a single multivibrator of the rocking type withra double control (5.4 on one tube, 45 on .the other) The working of this device isv obvious. It Will be seen-that ,the crest Voltageof the condenser, registered through any suitable apparatus 5E or read on this apparatus, represents the range of the target, apparatus serving" to prepare or to start firing (elevating mechanism, 'target speed correction means, deflection marking means, etc.).

' :Figg 7 1 illustrates'the Various signals produced, towit:

the transmitted pulse .36, .v signal 5], in this case a vpositive at49, l the-.ec ho,pulse-.38,V signal .58,"in thisc'asefa negative one, Ysupplied .at..54 and the composite voltage 59 Vwhich ,acts upon l .tube 5.0, v

which voltage contributes in charging condenser: Elfsoas Ato obtain the crest Value which represents therangeto be obtained.

Finally, according to another feature of my invention, yWhichrelates tothe control means for 'startingring means arev providedfor starting frin'g' automatically at .a range xed lin advance.

fFor 'this purpose, Vin particular, these means include (apparatus shown vat 64 in Fig, l):

On the one hand adevice of the multivibrator or other type capable of supplying, Vafter every transmitted pulse, a signal after a time (which maybe adjustable) corresponding to the chosen distance (for instance after 8 microseconds for iiring at'l200 meters),

And, on theother hand, a coincidence electronicfdevice, iniiuence'dbothby the signals thus obtainedfandby the echo pulses, this device being adapted .tobe-.excited and thuszto start liring only when the echo pulse arrives Yat the same `time ...ras q said signal;`

- Snchan electronic systemis illustrated by Fig. 8 Wherefit isconstituted by apentagrid tube to one, supplied .two `of ,thehggrids .of which (control and/or sup- This voltage may be utilized in'anypresser grids) the signal and the echo pulse are applied, at @l and 62, whereas the other grids are biased in such manner that the tube supplies current only when the two voltages are applied simultaneously.

The impulse collected at 03 at the anode can be used either directly for controlling the apparatus which start firing (or any other apparatus which may be brought into play for nre control), or indirectly, in particular for trig gering into operation a disymmetrical multivibrator system in order to obtain, if necessary, a longer signal.

My plant has, among other advantages,

Y That of ensuring full automaticity in laying the arm and starting the ring thereof,

And that of ensuring both look out and automatic following operation, by means of Very simple aerials and with a high accuracy.

In a general manner, while I have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be practical and efficient embodiments of my invention, it should ce 'well understood that I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be changes made in the arrangement, disposition and form of the parts without departing from the principle of the present invention as comprehended within the scope of the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

1. A radio device for spotting `and automatically following a movable target which comprises, in combination, a first tracking unit including a space scanning directional antenna array and means responsive to electromagnetic signals re ceived by said antenna array from said target for f automatically laying said antenna array on said target and keeping it laid thereon, a second tracking unit including a space scanning directional antenna array of smaller angular scanning eld but of higher location accuracy than said first mentioned antenna array and means responsive to electromagnetic signals received by said last mentioned antenna array for keeping said last mentioned antenna array laid on said target, means for making said second tracking unit inoperative as long as said first mentioned means have not laid said first mentioned antenna array on said target, means interposed between said first mentioned 'antenna array and said second mentioned antenna array for laying said second one in accordance with the laying displacements of the first one, and means for automatically making said first mentioned tracking unit inoperative and said second mentioned tracking unit operative in response to the laying of the rst mentioned antenna array on the target.

2. A radio device for spotting and automatically following a movable target which comprises, in combination, a rst tracking unit including means for transmitting radio pulses, a space scanning directional antenna array and means responsive to echo pulses received by said antenna array from said target for automatically laying said antenna array on said target and keeping it laid thereon, a second tracking unit including a space scanning directional antenna array of smaller angular scanning iield but of higher location acuracy than said first mentioned antenna array and means responsive to echo pulses received by said last mentioned antenna array from said target for keeping said antenna array laid on said target, means for making said second tracking unit inoperative as long as said rst mentioned means have not laid said first mentioned antenna array on said target, means interposed between said rst mentioned antenna array and said second mentioned antenna array for laying said second one in accordance with the laying displacements of the first one, and means for automatically making said iirst mentioned tracking unit inoperative and said second mentioned tracking unit operative in response to the laying of the first mentioned antenna array on the target.

3. On a machine fitted with a rearm, a radio device for spotting and automatically following a movable target for said rearm which comprises, in combination, a first tracking unit including means for transmitting radio pulses, a space scanning directional antenna array and means responsive to echo pulses received by said antenna array from said target for automatically laying said antenna array on said target and keeping it laid thereon, a second tracking unit including a space scanning directional antenna array of smaller angular scanning field but of higher location accuracy than said iirst mentioned antenna array, a receiver mounted to cooperate with said last mentioned antenna array and means responsive to echo pulses from said target collected by said receiver for keeping said second mentioned antenna array laid on said target, means for making said second tracking unit inoperative as long as said rst mentioned means have not laid said first mentioned antenna array on said target, means interposed between said first mentioned antenna array and said second mentioned antenna array for laying said second one in accordance with the laying displacements of the rst one, means for automatically making said rst mentioned tracking unit inoperative and said second mentioned tracking unit operative in response to the laying of the rst mentioned antenna array on the target, and means connected with said pulse transmitting means for producing in said receiver, in response to the transmission of a pulse, a blocking signal capable of preventing echo pulses from projectiles iired from said rearm and still close to said machine from acting on said receiver.

Hamai GEORGES DE FRANCE.

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